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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a wholesale power supplier, operating on a not-for-profit basis, to 44 electric cooperatives and public power districts serving approximately 1.5 million consumers throughout a 200,000 square-mile servi
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"By educating our teachers on energy we hope this program will ultimately prompt more kids to learn about where their electricity comes from," said Gigi Dennis, senior manager of public affairs and organizer of this event.
"We are pleased to see that attendance is up from last year's conference," she added.
Continue reading 'Tri-State hosts teachers conference on energy'

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"This museum is a treasure for our Centennial State and for our nation," said Gigi Dennis, Tri-State's senior manager of external affairs.

"The partnership Tri-State has formed with the Ag in the Classroom directors allows us to get factual information about the electric industry and the resources we use into the hands of teachers," said Gigi Dennis, Tri-State's senior manager of external affairs.
"The teachers may then contact their local cooperative or utility company to provide additional content such as safety or efficiency measures.
It's a win-win," she said.

The problems, revealed during a legislative review of the department's budget request, surfaced on the same day that Secretary of State Gigi Dennis fired the same contractor — Accenture LLP — for its work on a $10.5 million voter-registration system.

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On Wednesday, Dennis fired Accenture after spending $10.5 million on the voter-registration computer system.

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Secretary of State Gigi Dennis this week fired Accenture, the company that had a $10 million contract to build Colorado's database, after sinking $1.5 million into the effort.

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December 7, 2005 — Colorado Secretary of State Gigi Dennis did the right thing by firing the contractor hired to create our state's centralized voter list.

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If Dennis is correct, and Accenture has "missed every deadline" since 2004, then the contractor should have been replaced earlier.

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"They were OK, and they were good to work with," Colorado Secretary of State Gigi Dennis said.
"The project just didn't meet our expectations."
[EJF note: Good to work with?
What, Accenture bought dinner and drinks?
We also note that Gigi Dennis is not technically qualified.]

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Accenture "offered to deliver a product in November," Dennis said, which her office decided not to accept.

The cancellation means Colorado will have to start over again on a computer contract awarded in 2004.
Dennis said there is a risk of federal penalties for failing to comply with the 2002 voting law.

Dennis noted that election officials in other states are calling Washington for extensions.

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"There are 17 other states out there that will miss the January 1, 2006, deadline," Dennis said.

Her office plans to rewrite its request for a voter registration system in the next few weeks and seek new bids from vendors.

At this point, Dennis does not know whether Colorado can have that system in time for the 2006 elections.
If not, the state will have to rely on its existing voter records.

"The counties themselves have a good system in place," Dennis said.
[EJF note: Thankfully!

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Secretary of State Gigi Dennis said her office is starting over and will search for a new contractor to build the $10 million statewide system.

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